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Originally Posted by olddog
Torino - it's possible that the oil you see in the coolant is oil left in the block from the original problem. The quart of oil you had to add, may not have went into the coolant. You may actually already have the problem fixed.
A quart of oil in less than 4 gallons of coolant would be pretty ugly. I would monitor it closely and see if the coolant is getting more oil in it or staying the same. If it appears to stay the same, then maybe all you need to do is flush the coolant several times.
It's possible the heads were cracked, and you used different heads, fixing the problem. If you still have the heads that was on it when it leaked bad, try pressure testing those heads. If you find a cracked head, you can be pretty certain you have already fixed it, unless there was a second crack in the block. That's not very likely. I hope it works out for you. |
Thank you. I thought at first it was residual, but as the oil level drops(no obvious external leaks) the coolant level rises. I’m also using probably a 70/30 mix of water and coolant, so i assume that’s why it hasn’t gummed up everything. I don’t have the old cylinder heads to check. I ordered some high performance cylinder head gaskets from fel pro. I’ve heard some very mixed responses on the ability of the head bolts to even leak, but I’ll seal them up anyways.